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Crohn’s disease and pain management

Since I have been in a lot of pain the last few weeks, I figured that I would write about pain and pain management in this Crohn’s blog. For me, it is really hard to quantify pain. I hate it when people ask me to tell them out of 1-10 what level pain am I in. I never know. I mean, what if I am just being wimpy and am really only feeling a level 4 but think that it is a level 10? How do I know what a 10 feels like? I sit and stress about what level pain I am really feeling and comparing it to other pains that I know that I have had to try to come up with the correct answer.

I also seem to forget pain easily. I mean, I remember that I was in pain but can not really recall exactly what the pain felt like. I know that the kidney stone pain is like there is a person inside with a knife ripping you apart and that the pain from my ulcerated colon is a yucky want to throw up miserable kind of pain, but I can’t remember exactly these pains; which I guess is a good thing that the mind forgets. Of course when the pain comes back again – you remember it again. I prefer to forget. I think this is why women still have babies after they have already had one. They forget what the pain felt like (until the next time).

I feel that I am very experienced with pain since it seems to be a constant part of my life (whether it’s my colon, kidneys, joints, sinuses, or whatever else comes my way) so I thought that I would share some tips on pain management. Also, since I work I cannot take pain medication and just have to deal with the pain and work through it.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kelly R

Kelly is a mechanical engineer working in Houston,Texas where she lives with her husband and daughter. She has had Crohn's disease for more than half her life. She was diagnosed right after her freshman year in...read more

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